Weather Morning: 7°c Mostly cloudy Afternoon: 8°c Sunny spells

News

RSS

Queen Mary's Hospital

Latest articles

Mothers-to-be are turned away as baby boom overwhelms hospitals

19.08.11
Hospitals are resorting to capping the number of deliveries they handle as midwives struggle with London's baby boom... more

'Patients to suffer' as NHS trusts in London face £100m debt crisis

20.05.11
NHS trusts in London are facing a £100 million debt crisis despite being bailed out by health bosses ... more

A&E closure ‘will cost lives’ say protesters

25.11.10
Patients' lives will be lost because of the closure of a London hospital’s accident and emergency department, campaigners warn ... more

Babies born in waiting room after hospital ran out of maternity beds

12.10.10
Women have been forced to give birth in a hospital waiting room because of a chronic shortage of beds, it was revealed... more

Junior doctors 'left alone to cope with patients'

27.09.10
Patients are being failed because of a shortage of hospital consultants, a doctor said... more

Nurse who denied dying patient water is struck off

17.09.10
Nurse who seized a dying man’s mobile phone when he begged a hospital switchboard for water is struck off... more

Going for gold as Paralympics come home to London

26.08.10
A disability does not mean an end to ambition or competition. With two years until the opening ceremony, London’s top disabled athletes are raring to go... more

You have six seconds to cross: digital countdown installed for pedestrians

21.06.10
Boris Johnson begins cutting the time pedestrians get to cross the road as he tries to speed up traffic in London... more

Nurse sacked after dying man was forced to phone for water

29.03.10
Nurse has been sacked after a dying patient was forced to phone the switchboard of the hospital he was in to beg for water, it has been claimed... more

'Don't let your child die of swine flu like my daughter'

22.10.09
Mother of a girl who died with swine flu is urging people to get vaccinated against the virus... more

Hunger striker's fury over Met’s ‘secret McDonald's’ claim

09.10.09
Hunger striker at centre of one of Britain’s longest-running demonstrations reacted with fury after being accused of secretly eating McDonald’s... more

Sister of E.coli victim admitted to hospital

21.09.09
Older sister of a three-year-old boy struck down by E.coli after visiting a farm has been admitted to hospital... more

Teenager dies in suspected gas poisoning at takeaway

18.03.09
A 16-year-old girl has died and a boy is critically ill after suffering suspected carbon monoxide poisoning while working in a fast-food takeaway... more

Psychiatric patients allowed to see violent films on wards

16.01.09
Patients with severe mental health problems were able to watch violent films while being treated at a psychiatric hospital, a report has found... more

Social services probe on dead baby as mother is held

02.01.09
Social services are poised to launch an investigation into the short life of a 21-month-old after his mother was arrested following his death... more

Health trusts to pay £2m bill that may lead to service cuts

17.11.08
Cash-strapped NHS trusts are to be asked to pay out £500,000 a year each for the next two years to pay for changes that could see cuts to maternity and A&E services... more

Heart doctor to sue trust over 'shameful' sacking

08.10.08
A leading heart doctor awarded more than £100,000 after his "shameful" sacking is planning further legal action against his former employers... more

Overhaul of A&E services blocked by councillors

15.09.08
Plans to overhaul the NHS in south London suffered a blow after councillors declared war on the health reforms... more

Campaigners lose battle to save labour ward at hospital

23.07.08
Maternity services at Queen Mary's Hospital will be scrapped, it was confirmed... more

Patients vote against NHS shake-up plan

23.06.08
Londoners have rejected plans to downgrade major hospitals and cut services in four trusts as part of the move towards "super hospitals" and polyclinics... more

£3m birthing centre closes after four years

25.03.08
A £3 million London birthing centre is being scrapped less than four years after opening... more


Don't Miss